Author name: cmedia

By Emmanuel Mayah, Kayode Adegboyega, Doris Chizoba and Ginika Nnabue Fantastic failures of due diligence, particularly the critically-important Know-Your-Customer (KYC) in four commercial banks, have produced startling knock-on effects, culminating in a N30 billion investment scam in Nigeria’s beleaguered economy. The failures recorded simultaneously in four banks – namely Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB), Zenith, Stanbic and

Two months after WikkiTimes’ investigative story that unearthed collaborative corruption between Taraba State and the Federal Government, the state’s ministry of works writes WikkiTimes but declined to furnish the medium with details about the scandals, arguing that the Freedom of Information Act is not domesticated in the state. In an investigative story published on July

Read Part 1 here. By Iduh Onah, Amos Aar & Denen Achussah In this part of the report, authorities of secondary schools decry the regime of levies and the oppressive or arbitrary system of collection of the levies, the extortion by education officials among others; but the Benue State Teaching Service Board (TSB) vehemently defended

Triacta Nigeria Ltd is building infrastructure in Bauchi State — giving it an outstanding look — sadly, residents of Birshin Fulani are paying the price. In this report, YAKUBU MOHAMMED documents the excruciating plights of the residents. Muhammad-Annur Saeed was six months old when an explosive from the Triacta quarrying site disrupted his sleep. “He

By Yinka Olaito Accountability and lives at the subnational level, especially under reported issues are important to Nigeria Grassroot News. In this report, Yinka Olaito, went to Anifiwoshe ikeja, a commercial nerve centre, and came back with this report. Ikeja is a commercial nerve centre and capital city of Lagos state. Formerly populated by the Yoruba,

In this report of a 3-month investigation, National Record’s Iduh Onah, Amos Aar & Denen Achussah, expose the appalling condition of secondary schools in Benue State. To be able to penetrate a strong wall of censorship of administrators of the schools by education managers in the state, the reporters often posed as researchers collaborating with

By Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri As many aggrieved Imo citizens wondered why Justice Inyang Ekwo, the trial judge in the N2.9 billion fraud case that the EFCC brought against the former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, allowed him to ‘travel’ to the United Kingdom for Medicare instead of directing him to use one of the 27 general hospitals

By Chim Ogwutum Staff Sleep On Duty Every Day; Student Doctors Experiment With Patients, Pregnant Women Without Supervision; No Dialysis Unit, Essential Drugs Out Of Stock, Patients Referred To Private Pharmacies;· CMD Evades Press, Holds Daily Endless Meetings On Monday, 11 July 2022, a viral video emanated from the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital (RSUTH),

‘Write Petition to Area Command,’ PPRO Tells Actor Creditor Says He’s Ready for Investigation  By Amos Aar THE Commander of the Gboko Division of the Benue State Livestock Guards, Mr Stephen Shaahu, has alleged that he is being harassed by the Police in Gboko over an allegation by a Tiv movie actor that he was

Only one of the 4 companies supplied the materials, which have not been distributed yet, 8 months after delivery. The Lawmaker Bello Umar Kaoje, threatened to assault WikkiTimes’ reporter for “poking into his business”. Between the months of September and December 2021, the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development

By Arinze Chijioke   In this investigation, Arinze Chijioke looks at how billions of naira supposedly invested on primary healthcare and epidemic preparedness by the Kano state government failed to save lives during the outbreak of Cholera in the state. Although he was the third child in a family of seven, Aminu Ashiru knew too well

By Olanrewaju Oyedeji Review of data from the Oyo State open contracting portal reveals a now familiar trend of contract irregularities as the state again awarded contracts worth N694 million to persons closely linked to the governor. The Seyi Makinde-led Oyo state government has been linked to several contract irregularities and the “friends and family”